All articles by Bob Simpson

Are the Dyett hunger strikers on the verge of victory? Notes from Dyett, Operation PUSH and the continued struggle...

[Editor's Note. The following article was originally published at Daily Kos by BobboSphere FollowforChicago Kossacks and then also published, under a different headline, at Socialist Worker. The original headline -- Are the Dyett hunger strikers . . .

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ALDERMANIC RACES. Zerlina Smith tops incumbent Deborah Graham in the 29th Ward NAACP candidates' debate

Zerlina Smith got the most applause and incumbent Deborah Graham got the most boos at the January 25th Sunday forum held at the Greater St. John Bible Church on Chicago's far West Side. The NAACP . . .

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Cheers and jeers at the 29th Ward NAACP campaign forum, January 29, 2015... NAACP forum shows strength of Zerlina Smith against Rahm's buddy Deborah Graham

Zerlina Smith got the most applause and incumbent Deborah Graham got the most boos at the January 25th Sunday forum held at the Greater St. John Bible Church on Chicago's far West Side. The NAACP . . .

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Ferguson means fight back: Thousands march in St. Louis against police violence

[Editor's Note: The following article was originally published at originally posted to KOSSACKS on SUN OCT 12, 2014. It was also republished by the Police Accountability Group. Bob Simpson is also a member of the . . .

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Chicagoans prepare to take back their city: A view from the West Side... Community meetings pushing organizing agenda forward towards upcoming elections

�Imagine what a community would look like that you and your children deserve -- and what are you willing to do to bring that to fruition?� Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) activist Tara Stamps said. CTU . . .

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Brown v. Board Of Education at 60: Will we ever achieve compliance?

�The night the 1954 Brown decision to desegregate schools was announced, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund threw a party. Future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, who had worked on the case was reported to have . . .

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Ask for investigations by local and federal inspectors general... Community groups charge possible conflicts of interest in Chicago school turnarounds

�We have asked the Inspectors General for CPS and the US Department of Education to examine the last votes to turn over 3 schools to AUSL for turnaround to determine if there were any conflicts . . .

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